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TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL
YEKATERINBURG

May 6, 1921

In the records of the Council of Labor and Defense there is not a single protocol from the sessions of the Ural Regional Economic Council, Council of the Labor Army I.

I propose that all protocols be sent urgently to the Council of Labor and Defense with complete appended materials: resolutions of an economic character from January 1, 1921 onward. For the future, send them without delay.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense

Lenin

*Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.*

25470

FROM A MEMORANDUM TO THE MANAGER OF AFFAIRS OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS AND THE COUNCIL OF LABOR AND DEFENSE*

May 16, 1921

1) To maintain contact with regional Economic Conferences and to monitor, through telegrams, materials, and protocols received from them, their work, periodically informing the Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense of the results of their work and their fulfillment of assignments from the Council of Labor and Defense, and also to provide them, with the knowledge of Comrade Lenin, or by agreement with the corresponding People's Commissariats, explanations and instructions on arising questions.

2) To review the protocols and materials of provincial Economic Conferences from the standpoint of verifying the execution of resolutions and general directives of the Council of Labor and Defense, to follow in detail the work of the most important typical provincial Economic Conferences, a list of which is to be submitted for approval to Comrade Lenin.

* *The document is printed from the original, corrected, supplemented, and signed by V. I. Lenin.*

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3) To be informed of the work of the collegium of economic People's Commissariats, the State Planning Commission, and planning commissions formed by resolution of the Council of Labor and Defense.

4) To monitor through newspapers, reports, and special publications of economic and statistical organs the economic and productive life of the country.

5) To monitor the actual execution of the most important resolutions and assignments of the Council of Labor and Defense and to report on this to Comrade Lenin.

6) To carry out special assignments from the Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense and the manager of affairs of the Council of People's Commissars on economic, productive, and manufacturing questions.

7) To prepare insufficiently prepared economic, productive, and manufacturing questions coming onto the agenda of the Council of Labor and Defense.

8) On the initiative, with the consent of Comrade Lenin, to prepare and raise, through the corresponding People's Commissariats or directly in the Council of Labor and Defense, questions arising from the materials being studied.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and Council of Labor and Defense

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

ADDITIONS

May 19, 1921

Added to § 3: "State Planning Commission"

§ 9 is added: "To hold regular conferences with the editor of 'Economic Life' for the fullest coordination of its work with the work of the Council of Labor and Defense."

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

N.B.: Give a brief note about this in "Economic Life."

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO ALL ECONOMIC CONFERENCES
COPY TO THE STATISTICAL BUREAU

November 12, 1921, Moscow, Kremlin

The deadlines for submitting reports to the Council of Labor and Defense, established by the law of October 15 — November 1, have been missed by you. Your reports have not been received by the Council of Labor and Defense. I am noting your carelessness, delay, and demand the timely submission of reports by the deadline. Failure to—